When Christian Louboutin cited ChatGPT in a Delhi court

ChatGPT has made waves across the world since entering the public discourse last year; but for the hard-nosed judges combing through law and jurisprudence, the large language model is not grown up enough. Not just yet.

- Pavan Burugula

The artificial-intelligence (AI) platform made an unexpected entry into commercial litigation, with French luxury footwear maker Christian Louboutin citing the platform’s responses as evidence in an intellectual-property case before the Delhi high court.

Christian Louboutin had moved court against an Indian shoemaker, accusing them of making shoes that the French company had patented. To prove its patent claim over spiked shoes for men, it cited a response given by ChatGPT stating that Christian Louboutin enjoys great reputation as producer of men’s spiked shoes.